Posted tagged ‘Dizziness’

Today the FATIGUE MONSTER still has me but I am out of bed doing a little here and there. When I am in bed too long my body hurts all the way down to my bones. I love life and determined to make the best of it. The major symptoms of fibromyalgia is pain and fatigue. Some patients have constant pain like I experience. The following is from the National Fibromyalgia Association’s website. It lists some of the other symptoms of fibromyalgia. I want to talk about one today (Raynaud’s Syndrome).

Raynaud’s Syndrome is where your hands and feet (sometimes the tip of your nose or ears) feel numb and bone-chilling cold. What causes this is the smaller arteries that supply blood to your skin narrow, limiting blood circulation to these areas. I have this and it happens more to me when temperatures are cool. My hands and feet get so cold that they hurt and wearing gloves/socks doesn’t seem to help. For me it is periodically during the day so I am constantly putting on or taking off gloves in the winter. Seems like 100 times a day. My fingers and toes turn white then a bluish color at times. I also use a heating pad to help.